President to Push His Economic Vision in State of Union

By

Colleen McCain Nelson and

Peter Nicholas

Feb. 10, 2013 7:28 p.m. ET

In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama laid out a roster of social policies that cheered his base and infuriated Republicans. In Tuesday's State of the Union, the president is expected to do the same as he pushes to complete the unfulfilled pieces of his economic vision.

Mr. Obama's speech on Tuesday before a national audience and both houses of Congress will keep a sharp focus on job creation, a White House aide said. Hoping to boost the economy and shore up the nation's middle class, he will lay out...